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Former U.S. Ambassador Pleads Not Guilty in Seoul on Criminal Defamation Charges

The case tests whether South Korea can use criminal defamation law to punish speech made in the United States.

Joint Probe Finds North Korea Planted Mines South of MDL, Pyongyang Denies Claim

Singapore Festival Keeps Controversial South Korean Thriller as Opening Film

Directors Guild Defends Hur’s 'The Assassin(s)' as Conservatives File Complaints

Special Prosecutors Seek 13-Year Prison Term for Unification Church Leader Han Hak‑ja

Jeju Sends Dialysis Machines and Hallabong Saplings to North Korea After Seoul Approval

South Korean Court Acquits Ex-Security Chiefs in 2020 Border Killing Cover-Up Case

South Korean Special Counsel Rejects SOFA Breach Over Osan Base Search

South Korea Seeks Arrest Warrant for Unification Church Leader Over Corruption Allegations

Unification Church’s Former No. 2 Arrested as Prosecutors Seek Detention Warrant for Ex-President Yoon

Seoul Begins Formal Review of Private Tours to North Korea

South Korea Probes Six Americans for Sending Rice, Bibles Toward North Korea

Prosecutors Reopen Stock Manipulation Case Involving Former First Lady Kim Keon Hee

South Korean Lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin Attacked in Seoul